The Polar Express

One of David's favorite movies is the Polar Express. He got the movie last year and loves to watch it, especially because he is fascinated by trains. This year we took David for a ride on the Polar Express and he loved it!!! We had received our golden tickets in the mail and David loved to show everyone who came over. He would hold the ticket and jump up and down screaming "I'm going on the Polar Express!!"

We set off on a VERY snowy night to get our train. If David hadn't been SO excited to go, I really thought about turning around. It took us almost an hour and a half to get there, due to the bad weather. But alas we arrived and David was so excited! We went to get in line with all the other families and David was so excited to see the train, he yelled out "Look Mommy! A puprle commuter train!" David was absolutely right, it was a MBTA commuter train, I just hope that no other little children overheard him and had their dreams crushed that it wasn't the real Polar Express...

David wore his pajamas, just like the boy in the movie did, and of course his boots too! Here is David holding his ticket, waiting for the conductor to punch it. He had a M&M cookie (his favorite!) and some hot cocoa. We rode to the North Pole, while they read the Polar Express story. After our visit to the North Pole, Santa boarded our train and gave everyone a present. It was a bell, just like the one in the movie! David was so happy, and it was well worth the adventure!